Two step Word Problems

Jim paid a gym membership fee of $50, plus $20 per month.  Jim has paid a total of $290 to the gym.  Which equation matches this situation?

• 50 + 20m = 290
• 20 + 50m = 290
• 50 + 20 = m
• 50m - 20 = 290

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

A bag of candy was shared equally among 4 friends.  Each friend gave away 7 pieces of candy.  They each ended up with 8 pieces of candy.  Write an equation to find how much candy was in the bag at the beginning.

• c/7 - 4 = 8
• c/4 + 7 = 8
• 4/c - 7 = 8
• c/4 - 7 = 8

Tags

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

 A computer printer can print 10 pages per minute. There were already 35 pages in the tray.  The total pages printed was 115 pages. How many minutes has the printer been running?

• 8
• 9
• 7
• 10

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CCSS.7.EE.B.4A

For Halloween Brandi received seventeen pieces of candy. She ate two pieces then placed the rest into piles with three in each pile. How many piles could she make?

• 5 piles
• 6 piles
• 7 piles
• 8 piles

Jared made sixty dollars mowing lawns over the summer. If he spent thirty-nine dollars buying new mower blades, how many seven dollar games could he buy with the money he had left?

• 21 games
• 3 games
• 7 games
• 99 games

Natalie picked thirteen flowers for her friend’s wedding. She was making bouquets with four flowers in each one. If five of the flowers wilted before the wedding, how many bouquets could she still make?

• 9 bouquets
• 5 bouquets
• 2 bouquets
• 3 bouquets

Jacob was selling his old games. He started out with sixty-eight but sold four of them. He packed the rest up putting eight games into each box. How many boxes did he have to use?

• 9 boxes
• 10 boxes
• 7 boxes
• 8 boxes

Tyler is at the library helping put away books. There are fifty book to put away total but Mrs. Grant takes twenty-six of them and leaves Tyler with the rest. If he can fit six books on a shelf, how many shelves will he need?

• 2 shelves
• 3 shelves
• 4 shelves
• 5 shelves

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

A pet store had ninety-five mice. In one day they sold forty-six of them and put the rest into cages with seven in each cage. How many cages did they use?

• 5 cages
• 6 cages
• 7 cages
• 8 cages

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CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

There are fifty-eight students trying out for the school's basketball teams. If twenty-eight of them didn't get picked for the team and the rest were put into five groups, how many students would be in each group?

• 6 students
• 7 students
• 8 students
• 9 students

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8